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Inderjit Sanghera · 01-29-2003, 07:47 AM

Sam was of the Harfoot clan of Hobbits ,and they were reported to have nut brown skin. The wood men of Brethil were, in my opinion, dark skinned since it seems all of their descendants, such as the Breemen and the Dunlendings were said ot have dark ksin ,and the short story 'Tal-Elmar' appears to be about a group of Haladin who had removed further to the south of M-E, possibly by the river Harnen.

As for dark skinned Beorians, here is a quote from HoME 12: Peoples of Middle Earth; Of Dwarves and Men.

" There were fair headed men and women among the house of Beor,but most of them had brown hair, some indeed being swarthy"

As for the intermingling of the Easterlings and the Beorians, I cannot YET find a quote, but I will take a closer look later.

01-29-2003, 07:47 AM	#11
Inderjit Sanghera Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wolverhampton, England Posts: 716	Sam was of the Harfoot clan of Hobbits ,and they were reported to have nut brown skin. The wood men of Brethil were, in my opinion, dark skinned since it seems all of their descendants, such as the Breemen and the Dunlendings were said ot have dark ksin ,and the short story 'Tal-Elmar' appears to be about a group of Haladin who had removed further to the south of M-E, possibly by the river Harnen. As for dark skinned Beorians, here is a quote from HoME 12: Peoples of Middle Earth; Of Dwarves and Men. " There were fair headed men and women among the house of Beor,but most of them had brown hair, some indeed being swarthy" As for the intermingling of the Easterlings and the Beorians, I cannot YET find a quote, but I will take a closer look later. __________________ “If I’m more of an influence on your son as a rapper then you are as a father then you've got to look at yourself as a parent” ~>Ice Cube. "Life is so beautiful"->Don Vito Corleone